Tammy Palmer's parents get custody of her children

3:40 PM,
May 7, 2013

John and Violet Pannirello, far right, arrive for a custody hearing for their grandchildren at Rockland County Family Court in October 2012. Authorities say their daughter, Tammy Palmer, was killed by her father-in-law, Eugene Palmer.

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Tammy Palmer's parents have been given custody of her children, following a Family Court hearing in New City against the slain woman's husband.

Judge William Warren decided that John and Violet Pannirello were best suited to raise the two children, Rosemarie, 16, and John, 12.

The Pannirellos and the children's father John Palmer, 39, have been involved in a custody battle since shortly after 39-year-old Tammy Palmer was shot to death on Sept. 24. Police are looking for Eugene Palmer, 73, who has been charged with second-degree murder and is John's father and the children's grandfather. ...